Hostwinds vs TransIP.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hostwinds undercuts TransIP on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $4.81/GB against $5.77/GB. The cheapest way in is Hostwinds at $4.99/mo (Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Hostwinds counters with broader reach: 3 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 at $18.99/mo, against TransIP at $23.08/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Hostwindsall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 30 GB SSD

  $4.99/moView at Hostwinds ↗

TransIPall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  V1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 100 GB NVMe

  $5.77/moView at TransIP ↗

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MetricHostwindsTransIP

Plans tracked95

Cheapest plan$4.99/mo$5.77/mo

Median $/GB RAM$4.81/GB$5.77/GB

Avg value score62/10061/100

Locations31

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $9.99/mo

TransIP

V2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $11.54/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB SSD · $18.99/mo

TransIP

V3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $23.08/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB SSD · $38.99/mo

TransIP

V4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $57.69/mo

Top value plans from each

Hostwinds

• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 77/100$4.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 69/100$9.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 64/100$18.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 6 · 4 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 62/100$49.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 61/100$38.99

TransIP

• V1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 90/100$5.77
• V2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 80/100$11.54
• V3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 72/100$23.08
• V4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 36/100$57.69
• V5 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 27/100$115.39

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate). TransIP data: Live web · VPS product blocks on transip.eu (prices exclude VAT).